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MONTGOMBRY, 



THB CAPITAL CITY OK ALABAN4A. 

HER RESOURCES AND ADVANTAGES. 



Issued under' the Auspices of the Montgomery Real Estate Agents' Association, Composed of the following Firms, 

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1888. 

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MONTGOMERY. ALflBflMfl. 



THE year 1865 saw Montgomery an utterly exhausted little 
towu of some six thousand people, with three broken-down 
railroads. 

The year 1888 finds her a city of 30,000 people, with 

six well-equipped railroads. Her sole resource was trade 

with the cotton jilauters of the siirroimding country, and such 

;, , enterprise as men might exhibit who started life over 

'f without a dollar. This difference between 1865 and 

^ ' 1888 is stated to show the discerning reader that there 

• is a source of wealth here, and that the people have 

utilized it as fast as they could acciimulate capital to 

develop it. 

Unaided by the influx of capital and enterprise 
from the East and from Europe, that has so rapidly built other sections of the country, she accomplished so 
much. What could be done with that aid need not be wi-itten to be appreciated. Both enterprise and capital 
are turning to the South now, and both have found Alabama their best field of operation. It is the purpose 
of this little pamphlet to show that Montgomery is the place of places for the enterprise that seeks a field 
for development, for the capital that seeks investment, and for the citizen of a more northern latitude 

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RESIDENCE OF W. B. DAVIDSON. 



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who desires a charge of residence to a prosperous city in a more genial clime. 
Montgomery is the capital of Alabama, a State whose area is more than fifty 
thousard square miles, and whose population is nearly or quite one million and 
a half. She is near the geographical center of the State, exactly in 
the center of the three great sources of wealth that are giving 
such au impetus to Alabama's development, and has such close 
connection with every part of the State that, leaving her depot 
in the morning, every station on Alabama's nearly 
3,000 miles of railroad may be reached before night. 
When it is 
added that the 
Alabama river, 
navigable all 
the year round, 
connects her vnth. the Gulf of Mexico, it will be seen that 
her facilities as a trade and business center leave little to be 
desired. 

No city is more completely equipped with all the 
conveniences that make the modern city than Montgom- 
ery. Her water works supply her with 5,000,000 gallons 
of pure artesian water daily. Her streets are lighted by 
the Brush electric light, and her dwellings and Ijusiness 
houses by the incandescent electric light and gas. She 
has a complete system of street railway, and is just com- 

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pleting a thorough system of sanitary sewerage. That such a city should have good hotels, churches, free 
public schools, tlieatres, telephones, etc., etc., goes withoTit the saying. 

That Montgomery does an annual business of over $30,000,000 ; that her manufactures are rapidly 
becoming an important element of her wealth ; that she has recently expended millions in improvements, 
and that she offers the lowest death rate of any citj' on this continent, is all hereafter set out in detail. 
She here invites attention to the claim that she offers the best location for purposes of business, commer- 
cial or manufacti;ring, that the developing South affords. 

Alabama has three sources of wealth — agricultural, mineral and timber. The Mineral belt lies 
across the Northern third of the State, and there more than a hundred million of dollars have been expended 
within the last five years in opening coal and iron deposits that siirpass those of Pennsylvania. 

The Timber belt lies across the Southern third of the State, and there billions of feet of yellow 
pine stand untouclied in the virgin forest, while a hundred saw mills are humming along the railroads 
and rivers. 

The Agricultural belt lies across the center of the State 
from East to West. A belt of prairie, fertile as that of Illi- 
nois, is separated from the Timber belt on the south and the 
Mineral belt on the north, by wide stretches of fertile up- 
lands. Along the streams and in the uncleared forests of 
this central belt are vast quantities of hard woods, suited 
to every purpose of manufacture. 

In the heart of this Agricultural belt, sits Mont- 
gomery, with her river and sis railroads. She is the 
commercial emporium of this farming region, while a few 
miles north or south brings her to the cheap fuel 




and the cheap lumber of the Mineral and Timber re- 
gions of a State more richly endowed in these respects 
than any State in the American Union. 

These rich farming,' lands, already recovered from 
the revolution ui the labor system, are still to be had 
for from $3 to $15 per acre, while vast bodies of timber 
lands are still in the hands of the government, at $1.25 
per acre. 

Montgomery only asks that the man of enterprise 
and the man of capital shall come and see for himself. 
Cheap iron, cheap fuel, cheap cotton, cheap lumber and 
a consuming ].opnlation of 500,000 farmers hold out 
inducements to the manufacturer, unsurpassed on the 
American continent. 

MONTGOMERY AS A HEALTH RESORT. 

We have long believed, and are now prepared to 
show by facts, figures and an experience of twenty-one 
years in the Health Department of Montgomery!^ that 

. ^;"~'ri.- ^^T" it is entitled to rank amongst the healthiest cities 

n America We make this assertion in no boastful spirit, but with security born of experience, and sus- 
tained by the following carefully prepared statistical tables, compiled from data furnished by a number of 
American and foreign cities : j uci 




AMEKICA. 

Baltimore, Md. 

Brooklyn, N. Y 

Boston, Mass 

Buffalo, N. r 

Cambridge, Mass 

Charleston, S. C. . 

Chicago, Illinois 

Cincinnati, Oliii' . 

Cleveland, Ohio - .- 

Elmira, N. Y 

Erie, Penn 

Fall River, Mass 

Lawrence, Mass 

Lowell, Mass 

Lynn, Mass 

Memphis, Tenn 

Milw;iukoe, Wis 

New Haven, Conn 

Norfolk, Va 

Now Orleans, La 

New York City 

Pliiladili.hia, Pa 

Providence, R. 1 

Richmt)nU, Va 

San Francisco, Cal 

St. Louis, Mo 

Washington, D. C 

Worcester, Mass 

Yonkers, X. Y 

MONTGOMERY, ALA. 



POPULATION. 

ioo,ono 

lilio.ljno 

37.1.01111 

1.50 000 

(10,000 

(iO,000 

,500,000 

300,000 

170,000 

•J0,.583 

■200.000 

.■>o.noo 
io.ooo 

oil, 000 
3.-..000 
Km. 000 

l.'iO.IIOO 
SI 1, 1)00 
•2.1,110(1 

220,1100 
•2,.500,UIIO 

1011, OOO 

10,),"00 

100.000 

3.50,0110 
tioo.ono 

17.5.1100 
.55,000 
20,000 
30.000 



FOREIGN. 

Amsterdam. Holland 
Antwerp, Belgium .... 
Basle, Switzerland.... 
Belfast, Ireland 



2H0,'.I82 
1,50,000 
40,158 
180.412 



ANNUAL DEATH 
KATEPEll 1,000. 

10.63 

■20.40 

19.46 

16.5'2 

23.51 

28.68 

14.19 

1-2.84 

21.. 50 

18.69 

13.35 

■20.39 

•23.80 

10.73 

18.90 

16.08 

■21.. 55 

15.60 

19.82 

22.78 

•22.74 

19.37 

21.20 

18.11 

10.04 

18.94 

31.12 

22.07 

15.33 
White 9.50 
Cord. 18.00 
Total 13.00 

33.01 
19.07 
17. 
28. 



FOBEIGN. 



Berlin, Germany 

Berne, Switzerland 

Birmingham, England.. 

Bombay, India 

Breslau, Germany 

Brussels, Belgium 

Buda Pesth, Hungary . . 

Calcutta, India 

Christiana, Norway 

Copenhagen, Denmark.. 

Cork, Ireland 

Dublin, Ireland 

Dundee, Scotland 

Edingburgh, Scotland. . . 

Geneva. Switzerland 

Ghent, Belgium 

Glasgow, Scotland 

Liverpool, England 

London, England 

Madras, India 

Manchester, England.. 

Messina, Italy 

Munich, Bavaria 

Naples, Italy 

Paris, France 

Rome, Italy 

Rotterdam, Holland. ... 

Sidney, .Australia 

St. Petersburgh, Russia 

Stockholm, Sweden 

The Hague, Holland 

Trelste, Austria 

Turin, Italy 

Valparaiso, Chill 

Venice, Italy 

Vieona, Austria 

Warsaw, Poland 







1 ANNUAL DEATH 




KATE PEK 1,000. 


■200,000 


23.9 


40,108 


20.2 


400,430 


■28.5 




42.7 


200,000 


25.0 


173,000 


20.2 


60,000 


39.6 


892.01KI 


49.4 


80 000 


•21.4 


■200,500 


•24.6 


580,076 


41.6 


334,iu;0 


31.7 


145,600 


31.5 


2^20,720 


28. 


46,783 


19. 


1-27,653 


32.6 


560,933 


24. 


600,000 


32.0 


3,.5I)0,802 


25.7 


397,352 


98.6 


300,212 


19.8 


80,136 


10.8 


200,000 


32. 


907,000 


■25.7 


2,500.000 


25.4 


280 0011 


21.3 


1-25,007 


28.2 


60,070 


25.5 


210,000 


45.80 


165.677 


■27 . 2 


105,001) 


29.5 


127,036 


41.1 


•2'25,48K 


32.2 


111,.500 


44.3 


140,796 


29.8 


1,500,000 


32.24 


300,000 


21.58 




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It will be seen from the foregoing tables that Montgomery stands first in the list, the annual death 
rate being only 9.50 per 1,000 of the white population, 18 per 1,000 of the colored population, and 13 per 
1,000 of both races. It is from these facts, representing as they do, the vital changes of a people, that values 
of health are obtained. Hence they are not only priceless to us as citizens, but to representatives of our 
own and of foreign countries, who, with their families, design making this city their home. These ask 
and expect what we hope to give them, namely, immunity and protection from all influences prejudicial to 
health. 

It would be well, just here, perhaps, to answer the many questions put to us about the location, gen- 
eral appearance and sanitary advantages claimed for Montgomery. This may be done by the following 
simple illustration. Take an ordinary soup dish. Cut out one third of the rim, and place the cut surface due 
north, and you have the city in miniature. Explanation : The bottom of the dish represents the business 
or commercial center; the rim the hills. From this flat, 
containing about eighty acres, the ascent is gradual to the 
crest or water shed. Back of this is a sweep of green, undu- 
lating coiintry, which Nature seems wisely to have placed 
there for the fi'ee and iinolistructed outlet of storm waste 
and surface accumiilations. Extending from this water shed 
to the river, is a net-work of large underground water mains 
and conduits, of suflicient capacity and strength to resist the 
pressure of the tons of water that flow through them at 
every heavy rain fall, thus carrying off the debris, closet 
refuse and other matters to be wasted in the Alabama river. 
The Waring system of sewerage is now being added to that 
already in operation. When completed, the drainage of our 

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city "will be as perfect as liumau ingenuity can make it. These natural advantages, aided and controlled 
by a liberal government and a wise, energetic Health Board, will ever render Montgomery a charming and 
safe resort for the tourist, and a home for the invalid. How can this be otherwise when Nature has be- 
stowed upon us this gift of position, and invested our citj- with broad avenues, shaded by endless lines 
of the water oak, elm and maple. These give charm to our parks and add beauty and attractiveness 
to the many handsome public buildings and private residences to be seen on every hand. 

Apart from these attractive features, and above price, is our exhaustless supply of pure artesian 
water. Its constitution, source and chemically pure composition bear directly and remotely upon the 
sickness and death rate of our people. That many disorders, some of grave character, are justly due to 
contagion contained in the water we drink, is an established fact ; and we should know this when the 
question of choosing a home is under consideration. 

Again, Montgomery is wholly exempt from those wasting blizzards, cyclones and storms so destruct- 
ive to life and property in other sections of the country. Such are unknown here, whilst around us, yearly 
visitations of wind storms are common. No disease, especially of epidemic kind, as small-pox, cholera, 
diphtheria, etc., takes hold here, and we do not dread them. As a 

WINTER KESORT, 

Moutgomei-y has superior advantages. Our mild winter, our clean bills of health, hotel accommodations, 
churches, schools, and domestic help — the least annoying of any in the world — are some of the many ad- 
vantages offered to those in quest of health and homes. 

WATER. 

The city is supplied with water, both for domestic consumption and fire purposes, by "The Capital 
City Water Co.," with whom a contract was made for twenty years, late in 1885. The company comple- 

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ted the construction of this system in June, 1886, and the 
same was tested to the satisfaction of all in July. The sup- 
ply, which ajDpears to be ample for all the wants of the city 
for years to come, is obtained from five artesian wells, which 
flow into three reservoirs of 4,000,000 gallons capacity. Two 
of these reservoirs are kept full of water at all times as a 
reserve, and in case of fire. The pumjjing plant consists of 
two duplex piimping engines, having a capacity of 5,000,000 
gallons in twentj'-four hours, and a battery of six ninety 
horse power boilers, together with all the necessary feed 
pumps, condensers, etc. 

The water is pumped from the reservoirs to a stand 
pipe twenty-six feet in diameter and 105 feet high, holding 
417,000 gallons ; this is located at a point where a top eleva- 
tion of 245 feet above the business portion of the city is 
obtained, and an average pressure of 110 pounds per square 
inch. The system of pipes ordered laid by the city consisted originally of 26 8-10 miles of the various 
sizes ; to this has been added as follows : During 1886, 3,900 feet of six inch jupe and 4,G60 feet of four 
inch pipe. During the year lb87, 8,057 feet of six inch pipe, 1,558 feet of four inch jjipe and 2,000 feet of 
three inch pipe, a total of 3.82 miles. In addition to the above nearly two miles of smaller jjipes have 
been laid in the various streets, to supply isolated places. There are located at the present time nine hy- 
drants on the 3.82 miles of extension. 

There has been found at all times when wanted an abundauce of water, with proper pressure at the 
various hydrants. 

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WAR DEPARTMENT, SIGNAL SERVICE, U. S. ARMY. DIVISION OF TELEGRAMS 
AND REPORTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE. 



The meteorul<>i;ical data given in the tables is taken from the records of Signal Service kept at Moutgc-mcry, Ala., since the estab- 
lishment of the station in September. 1S72. 

Table 1, shows the mean temperature for each month and year. The highest monthly mean temperature, 85 degrees, was July, 1875, 
and the lowest was 43 degrees in December. 1872, and -January, 1873, a range of 42 degrees. The normal temperature for fifteen years Is 65 degrees. 
The highest temperature recorded is 10B.9 degrees on July 7, 1881, and the lowest 5.4 degrees, January 9, 1886. From 1874 to 1881 the maximum 
temperature tor the year reached 100 degrees or over, but never more than two or three times in any one year. From 1882 the maximum 
reached only tiS degrees until June, 1887, it reached 102 degrees. 

Table 2, shows the total rainfall for each month in inches and hundredths ut an inch. The normal precipitation for the fifteen years 
is 4.44 Inches. The greatest fall occurs in March and the least in October. Occasionally the rain-belt is late in moving up. and when this is the 
case, the fall in April is increased above the normal tor that month. The greatest fall in any twenty-four hours, has been 5.97 inches, April 2, 187(>. 

TABLES, shows the prevailing wind direction and the hourly maximum velocity. The highest velocity reached in fifteen years was 48 
miles, November, 187;i. These maximum velocities are nearly all connected with thunder storms, whieli never last more than a few hours. Rarely 
does a storm center pass over this section, but is located either east or west, and passes by without causing heavy gales. 

Table i. In this table will be found the dates of first and last frost and other phenomena of interest and value. 



TABLE NO. 1. MEAN TEMPERATUF^E 



MONTGOMERY, ALA. 



TABLE NO. 2, PRECIPITATION. 



1872. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 
1880. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 







a 










CD 














3 




3 

55 


< 


s 


o 

a 
s 


a 

1-5 


3 


0. 
ID 

76 
75 


O 

63 
63 


> 

o 

48 
64 


6 

Q 

43 
49 






43 


53 


54 


64 


74 


78 


83 


80 


51 


.54 


61 


63 


73 


811 


SO 


82 


76 


65 


68 


51 


66 




47 


49 


57 


62 


74 


81 


85 


78 


74 


60 


.59 


64 


65 




54 


54 


54 


65 


73 


80 


83 


80 


75 


62 


63 


41 


65 




49 


52 


55 


64 


72 


81 


84 


81 


75 


65 


64 


52 


6-. 




4fi 


.50 


fi3 


67 


75 


79 


84 


84 


77 


65 


56 


44 


66 




48 


49 


CI) 


«3 


74 


79 


82 


77 


74 


68 


58 


54 


66 




58 


54 


02 


67 


74 


79 


81 


80 


73 


66 


51 


46 


66 




44 


50 


53 


64 


75 


82 


84 


81 


78 


71 


5ti 


54 


66 




55 


57 


62 


68 


70 


80 


78 


79 


74 


70 


64 


45 


66 




.50 


58 


55 


66 


71 


79 


82 


80 


76 


71 


.58 


.54 


67 




40 


55 


60 


63 


75 


76 


81 


78 


79 


72 


54 


.51 


65 


1 


4fi 


45 


52 


66 


70 


SO 


80 


8(1 


75 


61 


54 


47 


63 




42 


47 


66 


64 


73 


78 


80 


80 


77 


66 


54 


45 


63 




45 


59 


58 


66 


76 


80 


80 


79 


76 


64 


56 


48 


66 




51 
48 


54 
63 


























67 


65 


73 


79 


82 


. . . . 
80 


76 


66 


55 


49 


65 



Year. 



1872... 

3. . 

4... 

5... 

6... 

7... 

8... 

9. .. 
1880. .. 

I... 

2. ., 

3... 

4... 

5... 

6. . . 

7... 



Means. 



4.97 9 
;).69 6 
6.71 7 
3.70 6 

6.67 2 
5.. 39 2 
2.06 2 
1.65 6 

3.68 7 
4.64 9 
7.20 2 
4.82 4 

1.72 3 

6.69 4. 
5.08 7 
4.12 7 



97 4.61 
.57 10.66 
86 11.56 



7.33 
7.17 
2.64 
2.68 
9.26 
6.46 
6.92 
3.61 
9.50 
2.93 
6.86 
0.72 



10.25 11 

2.03 4 

1.67 1 

6.55 4 

0.82 2 

4.06 5 
3.90 3 

7.07 0, 
1.41 3, 
2.94 3 
2.62 6 
1.18 10 
8 92 4 
2 95 8, 
2.84 3 



08 4 

31 3 
94 0, 
85 6 
94 3, 
85 4 
22 5. 
90 3. 
04 2 
98 6. 
02 0, 
26 2, 

32 1 
61 3, 
31 8, 



5.04 6.56 6.12 6.00 3.95 4.91 4.22 3.44 2.79 2 41 3.59 5 30 4.44 



It . 

To 



... 3, 
2.56 3 
1.25 
2.14 8 

3.05 1 

1.07 4 
7.67 2 
4. .54 1 
4.41 2 

5.06 4 
3.41 4 

2.08 
3.05 
3.9:14 
5.37 1 
2.04 2, 



38 
05 



39 1 
13 1 
61 
07 2 
55 3 
12 10 
83 2 
49 2 
18 2 
22 2 
58 1 
83 2 
12 
03 2 



53 6.73 4 
68 4.58 2 
97 2 . 60 5 
68 5.90 6 
96 3.42 5 
.51 3.75 4 
49 3.92 6 
20 1 47 7 
66 4.06 5 
72 4.56 9 
40 1.91 3 
00 1.70 4 
87 2,67 4 
38,3.59 3 
03 6,72 3 
47 0.79 8 



08 

.61 5.33 
144.33 
04 4.86 
97,4.98 
79 4.19 
744.62 
42!4.04 
68:4.52 
75;4.48 
88 4.56 
23,3.31 
00,4.05 
134.91 
054.69 
25 3.73 



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TABLE NO. 3, PREVAILING WIND AND MAXIMUM VELOCITY. 



Year. 


January. 


February. 


Marc 


!h. 


Apri 


• 


May. 


June. 


July. 


August. 


Sept. 


October. 
N.W 


Nov'mber 


Dec'mber! Mean. 


1872 


























N.W. 
S.E. 


48 


N.W ' 




3 


N.W. 


a 


N.W. 


14 


N.W. 


12 


S. 


16 


S. E. 


10 


S.E. 


6 


S. E. 1 20 


S.E. 


28 


W. 


16 






N.W. 


16 


S.E. 


48 


4 


S. E. 


20 


N. 


21 


S. 


20 


N.W. 


26 


N.W. 


18 


E. 


17 


S. E. 1 14 


E. 


12 


E. 


IB 


N.W. 


18 


E. 


25 


N. 


20 


E. 


26 


5 


N. 


33 


N. 


33 


S. E. 


28 


N.W. 


24 


S. 


29 


S. 


28 


S. W.! 42 


8. W. 


25 


N. E. 


27 


N.W. 


20 


E. 


25 


S. 


24 


8. 


42 


fi 


N. 


25 


N. 


33 


N.W. 


36 


S. W. 


,S0 


S.E. 


.30 


S. E. 


20 


s. ; 36 


S.E. 


24 


N. 


22 


N. 


30 


N.W. 


25 


N. 


36 


N. 


36 


7 


N. 


24 


N.W. 24 


N.W. 


40 


N.W. 


.30 


E. 


24 


S. W. 


24 


N. 24 


N. E. 


24 


N.E. 


25 


E. 


25 


N.W. 


27 


E. 


28 N.W.I 40 


8 


W. 35 


N.W. 35 


S. E. 


36 


S. E. 


27 


W. 


24 


N.W. 


24 


E. 17 


S. W. 


16 


N. E. 


18 


S.E. 


18 


N. 


20 


N.W. 34 N.W. 


36 


9 


N.W. 30 


N.W. 22 


W. 


30 


N.W. 


.36 


S. E. 


28 


W. 


24 


W. 31! 


N. 


18 


E. 


22 


E. 


25 


E. 


20 


S. 17 


W. 


36 


1880 


8. ; 20 


N. 1 20 


N. 


28 


8. 


28 


E. 


20 


S. 


21 


S. W. 28 


E. 


26 


E. 


25 


E. 


IS 1 E. 


28 


N. 24 


E. 


28 


1 


N. 1 30 


E. 1 32 


W. 


34 


N.W. 


28 


E. 


30 


N. 


26 


E. 24 


E. 


20 


E. 


18 


E. 


20 


E. 


23 


E. 28 


E. 


34 


2 


S. ! 26 


S. W. 1 34 


s. w. 


30 


S. E. 


27 


S. E. 


28 


s. w. 


30 


S.W. 32 


W. 


16 


N.W. 


16 


E. 


16 


N.W. 


21 


N.W. 19 


S.W. 


34 


3 


S.E. 23 


N.E. 18 


s. w. 


32 


S. E. 


26 


N.W. 


20 


S. E. 


22 


S. W. 22 


N. 


26 


E. 


17 


E. 


23 


S. E. 


20 


N.W.I 22 


S.E. 


32 


4 ... . 


N.W. 22 


S. 32 


S. E. 


2K 


N.W. 


30 


S. w. 


20 


S.E. 


28 


S. W. 23 


N.E. 


27 S. E. 


16 


N.E. 


20 


N.W. 


24 


S. E. : 22 


S. E. 


32 


5 


N. 1 29 


N. 27 


N.W. 


23 


N.W. 


20 


N.W. 


23 


N. 


23 


N.E. 28 


N.W. 


24 N. E. 


22 


N.W. 


24 


N.W. 


23 N.W. 32 


N.W. 


32 


6 


N.W. 30 


W. ; 22 


S. 


25 


E. 


24 


s.w. 


28 


S.E. 


32 


S. W. 16 


S. E. 


20 E. 


20 


E. 


24 


S. 


25 N.W. 


25 


E. 


32 


7 


S. 31 


S.E. 


28 


S. 


24 


W. 


22 


SE. 


40 


E. 


20 


S.W. 28 


N. E. 


24 ' E. 


23 


N.E. 


24 


N. E. 


24 E. 


24 


N.E. 


40 


8 


W. ; 25 


E. 


25 
































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Means 


N. 1 35 


N. 


35 


N.W. 


40 


N.W. 


36 


S.E. 


40 


S. E. 


32 


S.W. 42 


N. E. 


28 E. 1 27 


E. 1 30 


N.W.I 48 '■ N.W. 


36 1 S. E. 


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TABLE NO. 4, MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA. 



FROST. ' 


THEKMOMETEB. 


PRECIPIT'N. DAYS. 


FBOST. 


THERMOMETER. 


PRECIPIT'N. 


D.\YS. 


Year. 

First. 


03 
l-l 


Max. 

Date. 


Mln. 
Date. 


Ureatest. 
Date. 

Clear. 

Fair. 

Cloudy. 

Rainy. 

Year. 


i 


Date. 
Mln. 


2 
a 


Greatest. 
Date. 


S I. 


>> 

■a 

1 

o 


a 
« 

P3 


1872 Oct. 

3 •■ 

4 Dee. 

5 Oct. 

6 Nov. 

7 •' 

8 Oct. 
t) .. 


15 

29 Mar. 6 
15 Feb. 11 
8 April 3 
10 Mar. 13 
14 '• 11 
19 " 5 
24 April 6 
24 " 13 


Obse rvatioil 
97.0 July 5 
103.0 -\ug. 13 
102.0 July 16 
100.5 •• 11 
102.5 " 4 
100.0 •• 22 
101 " 13 


Com nienceil 
14.0 Jan. 19 
27.0 " 15 
18.0 •• 10 
20.0 Dec. 2 
IH.OJan. 9 
22.0 Dec. 18 
14 5 Jan 6 


Se,)t 5th, 1872 1 1881, Nov. 

3.47 May 1 73 132 129 112 2 " 
4.67 Mar. 16 1U4 125 136 115 3 Oct. 
3.34 Sejit. 27 101 14.1 116123 4'" 
5.97 April 2 133 125 108 107 5 " 
4.65 " 7 117 122 126 105 6 •• 
4.03 June 13 140 140 85 106 7 " 
3 46 Oct 17 12*^ 151 92 1.35 8 


4 April 15 
14 Mar. 23 
26 " 28 
17, •• 16 
14 ' ■• 16 
28 April 6 
31 " 6 


106.9 July 7 24.0 
97.6 June 28 19.2 
98.6 July 17 25,0 
97.1 Aug. 29 8.0 
98.0 July 3116.5 
97.8 *ug. 16 5.4 

102.0 June 19 12.9 


Jan. 
Dec. 
Jan. 

Fob. 
Jan. 


2 13.63 Dec. 14 

8 13-13 Feb. 8 
12 '3.41 April 9 

6 3.62 June 30 
11 3.13 Jan. 23 

9 3.66 April 28 
31 2.25 July 27 


123 130 112 
105 179 81 
137 145 84 
141 139 86 
114 1.53 98 
125 143 97 
139 126 100 


120 
124 
112 
126 
140 
99 
103 


1880 ■• 


100.0 " 4 


8.0 Dec. 30 


13.33 May 27 76 172 119 132 .... 





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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CITY 
AND COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY. 

CITY— LIABILIT I ES. 

Boiuled Inilobtoduess April 30th, 18S8 $ 572,050 

Bouds issued since for Sanitary Seweragu 150,000 

Total Bonded Indebtedness S7-22,05O 

ASSETS. 

T.ital Assets April aOth, 1888 $221,7i5 

Assessed value of Real Estate 5,500,000 

" " Personal Property 3,000,000 

Total Assessed value of Real and Personal 

Property $8,590,000 

COUNTY— LIABILITIES. 

Total Bonded Indebtedness $35,000 

ASSETS. 

Total Assets S100,00U 

Assessed value of Real Estate 10,()i'i3,374 

*' ** " Personal Property 5,175,133 

Total Assessed value of Real and Personal 

Property $15,238,507 

TAXES. 

state Tax Rate .Wets. 

Coui.tyTax Rate 35ets. 

City Tax Rate S1.12>i 

Total Ta.Kes fur all purposes $1.97 'i 

INSURANCE. 

Basis Rate for Standard Store Building 1 per cent. 

" " ** Brick Metai-Rtjofed Dwelling 50 cents 

" ' •* Frame, Shingle-Roofed Dwelling.. 75 " 

Industries rated according to the tariff of South Eastern Tariff 
Association. 



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STATEMENT SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF 

CAPITAL INVESTED IN MONTGOMERY, 

AND AMOUNT OF BUSINESS DONE, TOGETHEIt WITH THE TOTAL OUT- 
BOUND TICKET HALES AND FKEIOHT TONNAGE FOIiWAItDED AND 
RECEIVED FKOM JAN. 1, 1887 TO DEC. ^1, 1887. 

CAPITAL. AMT.OF BUS. 

Cottou Factors and Warehouses 

Cotton Mills and Factories 

Groceries 

General Stores 

Hardware, China and Glassware 

Foundries and Machine Shops 

Plun^bing 

Carriages and Harness 

Clothing. Hats, Caps, etc 

Dry Go(}ds 

Furniture 

Paper, Twine, etc 

Coal, Wood and Lumber 

Boots, Shoes and Leather 

Drugs, Paints, etc 

Flour and Grist Mills 

Cigars and Tobacco 

Builders and Building Material 

Printing and Stationery 

Jewelry 

Insurance Companies 

Sundry Establishments, including Theatres, 

Hotels, Saloons, Auction Houses, Fancy 

Goods, Bakeries, Pickeries, Junk, 

Live Stock, etc 

Fertilizer Works 

Residences and Business Houses 

Oil Mills 

Street Railroad 

Furnace 

Ochre Mines and Mills 

Highland Park Improvement Co 

Riverside Improvement Co 

Banking Capital ^ 

Steam Boat Line 

Water Works 

Ice Factories 

$15,080,000 $yu,185,0U0 

Total Passenger Ticket Sales $27'2.*279.45 

*' Freight Tonnage forwarded by Rail 151,315 tons. 

received by Kail 35-1,570 " 

" Trade Co's Boats 16,381 " 



$2,490,000 


$6,750,000 


1,380,000 


2,4.50,000 


l,l-.80,000 


6,900,000 


440,01W 


1,200,000 


345,000 


850,000 


120,000 


350,000 


i;o,ooo 


160,000 


70,000 


220,000 


90,000 


320,000 


960,000 


2,850,000 


140,000 


350,000 


80,000 


175,000 


160,000 


750,000 


260,000 


550,000 


285,000 


450,000 


245,000 


1,200,000 


80,000 


450,000 


325,000 


1,150.000 


140,000 


270,000 


70,000 


1110,1100 


300,000 


250,000 


2(50,000 


2.200,000 


75,000 


250,000 


550,000 




250,000 




130,000 




175,000 




20,000 




600,000 




750,000 




2,600,000 




50,000 




450,000 




50.000 






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MONTGOMERY'S TRANSPORTATION FA'ClLITiES. 



A glauce at tlie State map must convince even the most casnal observer that Montgomery possesses 
rail and water transjiortation facilities, which not only bring her in easy reach of the varied resources of 
the State, but also connect her with the large commercial cities of this laud, and with foreign ports. 

The Alabama river, which is navigable from Montgomery the entire year, is Jier water way to the 
Gulf, and is an important factor in the question of freights. Connecting her with New York and foreign 
ports, it is a perpetual check to freight discriminations against her by railroads. When the obstructions to 
the Coosa river are removed, a matter now engaging the attention of Congress, Montgomery will have 
water communication as far north as Eome, Ga., which will open uj) to her a country rich in mineral and 
agricultural wealth. 

The great Louisville and Nashville system, which has contributed so largely to the development of 

the State, reaches out from Montgomery in two directions. It 
connects her with the markets of the entire country, north, north- 
east, northwest and south, and sujiplies her with coal and other 
products of the mineral districts of the State, and lumber from 
the timber belts. 

The Western Railroad of Alabama, from Montgomery to 
Atlanta, connecting with the Kenuesaw and Piedmont Air Lines, 
is a link in the great line from New York to the Gulf. At At- 
lanta it connects with the Georgia Railroad, giving it a through 
line to Charleston, and at Opelika with the Central Railroad sys- 
tem, forming a direct route to Savannah, two of the most import- 
ant ports on the Atlantic. 
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The Montgomery aud Selma divisiou opens up to her the rich agricultural districts of jWest Ala- 
bama and Mississippi, giving her a valuable trade. 

The Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad, runs southeast from Montgomery, through rich, black prai- 
rie lands to Eufaula, where it connects with steamers on the Chattahoochee river. This road is a part of 
the Georgia Central system, aud forms a direct line from Montgomery to Savannah. It offers unsurpassed 
facilities to Montgomery shippers, giving through bills of lading over its own rail aud steamship lines, to 
New York and Europe. It is the most j^opular through route from the West to all Florida resorts. 

The Florida and Northwest Railroad is being built south from Montgomery, and is now running 
fifty miles through a rich agricultural section to Luveru. From Luvern it will pass through the finest 
timber belt in the country, to some point on the Chattahoochee river. While this road will be a great 
feeder to Montgomery, it will also form the most direct route to Florida. Its extension from Montgomer}-, 
northwest to Maplesville, is generally conceded, where it will connect with the East Tennessee, Virginia 
and Georgia system, that great artery of commerce, that 
stretches its arms of steel from the Atlantic to the lakes, 
and from the mountains of Virginia to the plains of Texas. 
This system now enters Montgomery over the track of the 
Louisville and Nashville road. 

The above is but a meager statement of Montgomery's 
transportation facilities. 

PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

Oiir public schools consist of the Boys" High Schf)ol, 
the Girls' High School, the Capital Hill Grammar School 
and the Sayre Street Grammar School for white children, and 
Swayne College aud Cemetery Hill School for colored children. 

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There are employed in the white schools, twenty-six regular teachers and one supernumerary, and 
in the colored schools, ten teachers. 

There has been an attendance during this year of about nine hundred and fifty white children, a 
larger number than ever before, and about four hundred and fifty colored children. The expenditures for 
the session 1887-8 have been about twenty-three thousand dollars, besides about four thousand dollars for 
buildings and repairs. 

The income of the schools is derived from an annual appropriation by the city, an annual appropri- 
ation from the State, regulated by the number of school children in this school district, and from the 
poll tax collected from the citizens in this district. 

4>«^7 The schools are in a flourishing condition. The Superintendent is 

a competent, painstaking gentleman, and his assistants are for the most 
part well adapted and fitted to be his coadjutors in the 
good work. 

The schools begin on the first Monday in October 
and end on the last Thursday in May, thus having an eight 
months' session. The children within the district who are 
able to paj' it, are required to pay a fee of two dollars per 
session of eight months ; those who are unable to pay this 
foe are admitted free. The stirdents in the Boys' High 
School and in the highest class of the Girls' High School 
pay a fee of ten dollars per session of eight months, if able 
to do so. 

We have every prospect of continued prosperity 
in the schools. 
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OFFICEBS ADAMS ..OTTON MIl.T.: .,. K. .U.U.S, , m.sM.KNT; ,, . ,. s„EICJi.,U. SKrHKTAUV AND TUFAST-,:E„ ; M. ,, DOLPHYN 

SU7-HKTNTENDFNT. .lAPACITY r,,(IOO SrtNr>r.ES AND 150 LOOMS. 



INDUSTRIES THAT WILL PAY IN MONTGOMERY. 
Cotton Mills, — As shown elsewhere. 

Bagging Factory, — From absence of any here, and the immense trade that Montgomery has in bag- 
ging for wrapping cotton, amounting to something like $200,000 per aimum. 

Iron Works of all Kinds, — As a furnace of fifty tons capacity will soon be completed in Montgom- 
ery, giving cheap charcoal iron of best grade ; and unexcelled transportation facilities to reach the home 
and foreign markets. 

Variety Wood Working, — Owing to cheap lumber of every kind, as shown elsewhere. 
Paper Factory, — Owing to the large amount of cotton seed hulls to be secured from our three large 
oil mills, which hulls will make a most beautiful white pajDer; and unexcelled facilities for securing cotton 
stalks and other good paper stock, and inexhaustible water supply. 

Tan Yard,— Owing to large number of good hides shipped from this point and towns in easy reach, 
and ease of securing barks, bitter weed and other material for tanning leather. 

Plows and Agricultural Implements, — Owing to large home demand and cheapness of raw material, 

with splendid shipping facilities. 

Glass Factory, — Owing to large deposit of excellent sand 
near Montgomery, and the absence of such a factory in this section. 
Shoe Factory, — Owing to large trade, amounting to half a 
million dollars. 

Cheap Clothing, — Owing to immense wholesale trade, sup- 
plying Middle and South Alabama aud part of Florida. 

Terra Gotta and Tiles, — Owing to large deposits of fine clays 




suitable for making such articles. 



Flourin 
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g Mill, — As this is a large wholesale market for 



Hour, and there is a good opening, with promise of large return, for such an enterprise. 

Paint Factory, — Owing to the large beds of fine ochre within ten miles of the city, which ochre is 
now being shij^ped in the raw state to other points. 

Paper Box Factory, Wool Factory, Hat Factory and Knitting Factory. 

The above-mentioned enterprises are only named to suggest to the minds of business men a few of 
the manufacturing establishments that will pay a large profit on capital invested in Montgomery, while 
the field is open for sundry others that are two numerous to give in detail. Montgomery stands at the 
head of commercial cities of the South, with almost undisputed control of a large territory occupied by 
half a million consumers, and uuequaled railroad and river transportation facilities for collecting all raw 
material to this point and delivery of manufactured articles to foreign and domestic markets. 

For further information as to facts in- detail in regard to the above manufacturing enterprises, write 
to any member of the Montgomery Keal Estate Agents' Association, who will take pleasure in furnish- 
ing information and will secure donation of site for plant. 

MONTGOMERY'S AGRICULTURAL ADVANTAGES. 

The City of Montgomery is surrounded by a greater variety of valualile agricultural lands than any 
city in the South, being situated on the south bank of the Alabama river, just below the confluence of the 
Coosa and Talapoosa rivers, all of which streams are bordered by very rich farming lands. Some of the 
alluvial bottoms are subject to occasional overflows, but the second bottoms are above the efi'ects of freshets 
and form beautiful flats, in some places several miles wide, of sandy loam with clay subsoil, making a most 
valuable land for general farm purposes, as it is easily tilled and susceptible of great improvement by ma- 
nuring and a good system of farming. 

The rich black prairie belt touches us on the south and certainly contains some of the finest and 
most productive lands in the Union. It is just undulating enough to aflbrd good drainage. The prairie 

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soil is naturally so rich that fertilizers have been used very little, and the all-cotton sj'stem of farming 
which has been practiced almost to the exclusion of every other crop since 1865, has impoverished the farm- 
ers to such an extent that large prairie farms have been turned over entirely to negro tenants. This has re- 
sulted iu a complete failure as a system, as the negro without a white man for a director, is not capable of 
making a living for himself or rents for his landlord. These magnificent lands can now be bought for about 
$10 to $15 per acre, and are certainly better adapted to stock raising than any other section of the conti- 
nent, being splendid gi'ain lands for such crops as oats and corn, yielding from twenty-five to lOU bushels 
per acre. 

Johnson grass fiourishes here as a hay grass, yielding from one and a half to two tons per acre, with- 
out any trouble of re-seeding, and sells in home market for $1.5 })er ton. 

Bermuda grass for pasturage is unsurpassed by any grass in the world, as it affords good grazing for 
eight months in the year, and will keep fat one horse or cow per acre for that length of time. Another valu- 
able characteristic of the Bermuda grass is that it never runs out as a pasture. Some pastures are now in 
fine condition that were sodded thirty years ago. 

Another important advantage of this section, for stock raising, is that our winters are so mild that 
stock does not need housing, except that it is better to pro^'ide open sheds for protection from rain, and they 
feed on the cane which grows on all branches and streams, staying green all the year. When a specialty 
is made of stock raising it is well to provide some ensilage to feed at night through the winter, in connec- 
tion with the cane pasturage. 

While some of our farmers are paying more attention each year to stock raising, as a general thing 
the prairie farms are rented to negro tenents, and now is a splendid opportunity to buy them cheap and 
devote to grass and stock. 

While 250 pounds of lint cotton, twenty bushels of corn and thirty bushels of oats per acre are con- 
sidered fair crops for our white farmers, below will be shown what can be done with our lands un- 




Henry C. Butcher, Pres. 



THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO. S MILL AT EIVEESIDE PARK. 
John Oliver, Sec. and Treas., nt Philadelphia; E. W. Thompson, Local Manager. Capacity, 160 tons cotton seed dally. 



der the intensive system of farming. The figures show the results on a four mule farm of 320 acres of our 



good land. 



Wear and tear of mules, tools, etc 

Feed of mules, 

Wages and rations 10 hands, .... 

Extra labor during harvest, .... 

Fertilizers, cotton seed meal and acid phosphate 

as adjunct to home manure. 
Yield of 80 acres of cotton. 100 hales at S-10 
Yield of 00 acres of corn, 3,000 bushels at 50 cents, 
Yield of SO acres of oats, 4,000 bushels at 40 cunts, 
Yield of 5 acres of cane, 2,000 gallons syrup at 35 cts., 
Showing net profit ot. 



$200 00 




200 DO 




1,2.50 00 




200 00 




2,000 00 






$0,400 00 




l,.5O0 00 




1,GOO 00 




700 00 



6,350 00 
$10,200 00 $10,200 00 



Thf above estimate shows the possibilities of good 
farming. It is not overdrawn, as five bales of cotton and one 
hundred bushels of corn and oats, respectively, have been 
grown on single acres. These figures show 22.5 acres under 
cultivation, leaving ninety-five acres of the farm to be devoted 
to pasture, orchards, etc. 




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MARKET GARDENING. 

Market gardening, or trtick farming, around Montgomery, offers ii numljer of advantages over other 
sections. As stated elsewhere, we have a great variety of soils that are suited to growing fruits and vege- 
tables, while our climate is all that could be asked, with a mean annual temperature of 64 degrees, the last 

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frost occurriug from the 5th to the 25th of April, and earliest killing frost in the fall, in November, with an 
annual mean precij^itation of rain of 55 inches. The conditions are therefore favorable for growing all 
fruits and vegetables not natives of extreme northern or tropical climates, and we can have some crop 
growing all the yeiiv round for marketing. 

With the good railroad connections that we have with such points as Louisville, Cincinnati and 
Chicago, and advantage in rates by being two hundred miles nearer to these markets than the Gulf coast, 
the Montgomery gardener is favorably situated to make his business successfuh 

LUMBER AND TIMBER TRADE OF MONTGOMERY. 

Montgomery is favorabh' located for lieiug one of the largest lumber marts in the South, owing to 
her close proximity to the immense body of long leaf j^ine in South Alabama, which, with good rail con- 
nections in operation and in course of construction, will enable her to control any amount of splendid 
yellow pine lumber for manufacturing into sash, doors, blinds, etc. On all the rivers and streams in this 
section abound hard woods of every kind, suitable for manufacture into furniture, wagons, tool handles 
and for every variety of wood working. These can be laid down in Montgomery at such a low cost that 
she is destined to become a great center for wood working establishments. 

COTTON FACTORIES. 

As a financial investment, cotton mills in the South, uueler proper management, offer as good prom- 
ise of dividends on capital invested as any industry or branch of business. The average profits from cot- 
ton mills South, for years have been fully equal to those of other business, and in many instances, far 
greater. In selecting a site for a mill, there are localities that offer greater inducements for such an enter- 
prise than others, and among those cities that offer the greatest attractions is Montgomery. We believe a 
careful review of her facilities will convince capitalists that she is the most available city in the South for 

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operating a cotton mill, and that she must become sooner or later the center for cotton manufacture. In 
counting the cost of a plant, the question of a site would not have to be considered, as a good railroad 
site will be donated by either the Riverside or the Highland Park Company. Building material, and skilled 
and unskilled labor required to convert it into mill buildings, can be secured at a very reasonable rate. 
The proximity of the city to the Alabama coal fields settles all questions as to the cost of fuel for power. 
Coal at a little over •♦2 per ton affords power to propel a cotton mill, which under the ordinai-y natural con- 
ditions attached to water power, makes it impossible to compete 
with steam. The city is a trade center for the distribution of 
large quantities of stajile goods of every kind over a large terri- 
torj', which in turn supplies her with the raw material, and in 
such quantities that she eujoj-s great prominence as a cotton 
market. The supply of cotton for the mills could be readily 
obtained, and many of the goods produced would find a ready 
home market, while the comi^eting lines of railway 
and the Alabama I'iver insure low freight rates for 
the products and for all material and supplies used 
in building and running a mill. 

Fully 80 per cent, of the operatives of a cot- 
ton mill are females and minors, and Montgomeiy 
has a large class of this population who are now 
practically without employment, the majority of the 
industries now in operation here being unsuitable 
for such labor. In many families the adult males 
are compelled to support by their labors the re- 

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maining members of tlieir lioiiseliolds, owing to the difficulty of the class mentioned above finding suitable 
and profitable employment. For this, at present, surplus labor, there is no fixed value. It seeks em- 
ployment wherever there is an opportunity, and is satisfied with very moderate pay. Should a cotton 
mill be built in Montgomery, an ample supply -of this labor would be certain to volunteer befoie the com- 
pletion of the Iniilding. 

The South is the field for the manufacture of coarse cotton goods, and uo other section of the coun- 
try can compete with it on these products. This has been fully determined, and is no longer an open 
question. These goods are standard and the demand for them world wide. Thousands of bales of do- 
mestic goods have been shipped during the year from Southern mills to China and Japan. As stated 
above, the South is the field for cotton mills, and Montgomery is the most available point in the South for 
the establishment of such industries. 

TALLASSEE FALLS MANUFACTURING COMPANY. 

The Tallassee Falls Manufacturing Go's Cotton Mills are situated at Tallassee, a small town contig- 
uous to and contributary to Montgomery. The main building, of stone, is 220 feet long by 50 feet wide, 
five stories, with an L 60 feet, six stories, and a wing 116 feet by 60 feet, four stories high, containing aljout 
20,000 spindles and 330 looms. 

These mills manufacture cotton brown goods, consuming 7,500 to 8,000 bales cotton annually. 

The officers of the company are, John W. Durr, President ; James A. Farley, Treasurer, and Wm. 
H. Mi con, Jr., Secretary. Their residences are at Montgomery, where the principal office of the company 
is located. The officers at the mills are, A. J. Milstead, Superintendent ; A. J. Noble, Assistant Treasurer, 
Tallassee, Ala. 

The mills are run by water-power, are equipped with the latest improved machiaeiy, and lighted by 
an 800 light Edison electric light plant. 

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